The Glass Orchard

Naomi Park swore she would never return to the California rose empire that built its legend on her parents' work. But when famed breeder Beatrice Calder dies, her will gives Naomi control of the dynasty's most valuable future roses-and leaves Gabriel Calder, Bea's adopted son and Naomi's former closest friend, running the company that needs them. Days before a lavish international launch, Naomi discovers signs of a hidden infection in the mother stock. Saving the collection means working beside Gabe, defying a powerful family determined to protect its name, and deciding whether the empire that erased the Parks deserves to survive. As old loyalties fracture and evidence of deliberate access emerges, Naomi and Gabe must choose what they are willing to surrender: the inheritance, the truth, or the person who understands exactly what it cost them both to come home. The Glass Orchard is Book 1 in The Glass Orchard Saga, a glamorous California family saga of contested inheritance, buried credit, dangerous secrets, and slow-burning attraction.